Bezzia, galesa Spinelli, a new Patagonian species, is described in all stages and illustrated by using binocular, phase-contrast and scanning electron microscopy. Immatures were collected associated to submerged filamentous algae in an unnamed pond in western Chubut province, Argentina, and reared to adults in the laboratory. Adults and immatures of this new species are compared with the most similar species Bezzia ventanensis Spinelli, Bezzia, roldani Spinelli et Wirth and Bezzia blantoni Spinelli et Wirth. Details on the rearing process and feeding behavior in laboratory are given.
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1 June 2013
A New Species of Bezzia Kieffer from Argentinean Patagonia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Gustavo R. Spinelli,
Maria M. Ronderos,
Guillermo Omad,
Pablo Pessacq,
Pablo I. Marino
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Annales Zoologici
Vol. 63 • No. 2
June 2013
Vol. 63 • No. 2
June 2013
adult
Bezzia
galesa
immatures
new species
western Patagonia